1. Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford was an English baritone singer of the 20th century.
13 Facts About Kennerley Rumford
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Kennerley Rumford was first known for his performances of oratorios, but following his marriage to the well-known contralto singer Clara Butt, he toured with her throughout the English-speaking world singing repertoire of a more popular type.
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Kennerley Rumford was twice mentioned in dispatches while serving on the Western Front during the First World War.
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Kennerley Rumford was born in Hampstead, London, England in 1870 the son of Joseph Kennerley Rumford who was related to Count Rumford the celebrated scientist.
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Kennerley Rumford was educated at King's School Canterbury and in Frankfurt and Paris.
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Kennerley Rumford studied singing in Paris under Giovanni Sbriglia and Jacques Bouhy, and in London under George Henschel.
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Kennerley Rumford studied under Blume, Lierhammer and Jean de Reszke.
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Kennerley Rumford went on to sing at the Birmingham and Handel festivals and at nearly all the principal London and provincial concerts and festivals.
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Kennerley Rumford made his reputation with works of a serious kind such as Bach's St Matthew Passion and Brahms's Ernste Gesange.
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Kennerley Rumford appeared before both Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.
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Kennerley Rumford's earliest recording dates from 1899, when he recorded "Night Hymn at Sea" with Clara Butt on a 7-inch Berliner disc.
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Kennerley Rumford died in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, England on 9 March 1957 aged 86.
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Kennerley Rumford is buried in St Mary churchyard, North Stoke, Oxfordshire.